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Lesson
31 Interea rogabant eum discipuli, dicentes: “Rabbi, manduca.” 32 Ille autem dicit eis: “Ego cibum habeo manducare, quem vos nescitis.” 33 Dicebant ergo discipuli ad invicem: “Numquid aliquis attulit ei manducare?” 34 Dicit eis Jesus: “Meus cibus est ut faciam voluntatem ejus qui misit me, ut perficiam opus ejus. 35 Nonne vos dicitis quod adhuc quatuor menses sunt, et messis venit? Ecce dico vobis: levate oculos vestros, et videte regiones, quia albae sunt jam ad messem.”
Exposition
Study the Exposition below until you know the translation of every word in the Latin text and can complete the translation from memory. The part of speech is given for each word, which should be studied but not memorized.
31 Interea rogabant eum discipuli, dicentes: “Rabbi, manduca.”
interea: conjunction, “meanwhile”
rogabant: verb, “[they] ask”
eum: pronoun, “him”
discipuli: substantive noun, “disciples”
dicentes: participle, “saying”
rabbi: pronoun, “teacher”
manduca: verb, “eat”
Translation: Meanwhile ask him [the] disciples, saying: “Master, eat.”
32 Ille autem dicit eis: “Ego cibum habeo manducare, quem vos nescitis.”
ille: pronoun, “he”
autem: conjunction, “however”
dicit: verb, “[he] says”
eis: pronoun, “to them”
ego: pronoun, “I”
cibum: substantive noun, “food”
habeo: verb, “[I] have”
manducare: verb, “to eat”
quem: pronoun, “whom”
vos: pronoun, “you”
nescitis: verb, “[you] do not know”
Translation: He however says to them, “I food have to eat, which you do not know.”
33 Dicebant ergo discipuli ad invicem: “Numquid aliquis attulit ei manducare?“
dicebant: verb, “[they] said”
ergo: conjunction, “therefore”
discipuli: substantive noun, “disciples”
ad: preposition, “to”
invicem: adverb, “one another”
numquid: adverb, “whether”
aliquis: pronoun, “anyone”
attulit: verb, “[he] has brought”
ei: pronoun, “to him”
manducare: verb, “to eat”
Translation: Said therefore [the] disciples to one another, “Whether anyone has brought to him to eat?”
34 Dicit eis Jesus: “Meus cibus est ut faciam voluntatem ejus qui misit me,
dicit: verb, “[he] says”
eis: pronoun, “to them”
Jesus: proper substantive noun, “Jesus”
meus: pronoun, “my”
cibus: substantive noun, “food”
est: verb, “[it] is”
ut: conjunction, “so that”
faciam: verb, “[I] may do”
voluntatem: substantive noun, “[the] will”
ejus: pronoun, “of him”
qui: pronoun, “who”
misit: verb, “[he] sent”
me: pronoun, “me”
Translation: Says to them Jesus, “My food is that I may do [the] will of him who sent me,
ut perficiam opus ejus.
ut: conjunction, “so that”
perficiam: verb, “[I] may do”
opus: substantive noun, “work”
ejus: pronoun, “his”
Translation: …that I may do work his”
35 Nonne vos dicitis quod adhuc quatuor menses sunt, et messis venit?
nonne: adverb, “not”
vos: pronoun, “you”
dicitis, verb, “[you] say”
quod: pronoun, “that”
adhuc: adverb, “yet”
quatuor: adjective noun, “four”
menses: substantive noun, “months”
sunt: verb, “[they] are”
et: conjunnction, “and”
messis: substantive noun, “[the] harvest”
venit: verb, “[it] comes”
Translation: Not you [do] say that “Yet four months [there] are, and the harvest comes.”?
Ecce dico vobis: levate oculos vestros, et videte regiones,
ecce: verb, “behold”
dico: verb, “[I] say”
vobis: pronoun, “to you”
levate: verb, “lift”
oculos: substantive noun, “eyes”
vestros: pronoun, “your”
et: conjunction, “and”
videte: verb, “see”
regiones: substantive noun, “countries”
Translation: “Behold [I] say to you: Lift eyes your, and see the countries,
quia albae sunt jam ad messem.”
quia: conjunction, “that”
albae: adjective noun, “white”
sunt: verb, “[they] are”
jam: adverb, “already”
ad: preposition, “to”
messem: substantive noun, “harvest”
Translation: …that white are already to harvest.”
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